Dispatches from the Youth Climate Movement
Last month, Campus Progress Deputy Director Erica Williams and Jessy Tolkan, the Executive Director of Energy Action Coalition talked to Bob Woodruff at Planet Green about Powershift 2009, and how youth activism is having a huge impact on the climate movement. Check out the clip here!
Tommaso Boggia is the Climate Advocacy Associate at Campus Progress, the Center for American Progress youth outreach program, and the PowerShift 09 Media and Communications Committee co-chair. Prior to joining the Center, Tommaso was the Sustainability Event Coordinator for his alma mater, UC Santa Cruz, where he received a degree in Sociology with an emphasis in environmental justice. He led numerous climate change campaigns on his campus, including one to offset 100% of UC Santa Cruz’s energy use and others implementing energy efficiency programs saving UC Santa Cruz over $30,000 in utility costs. Tommaso has worked extensively with student groups, including the California Public Interest Research Group, the Alliance to Save Energy's Green Campus Program, and the California Student Sustainability Coalition. When he's not working to make the world a greener place, Tommaso can be found riding around town on his Gary Fischer bicycle that gets infinity miles per gallon.
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